The Spy Who Loved Me w/ Undercover

The Carribean and more importantly for us, Jamaica has a rich history with spy's and cold war espionage thanks to both Communist Cuba and womaniser James Bond's lasting legacy. Since I'm such a espionage and music geek I thought I would post a selection of 'Bond' inspired ska, rocksteady and dubwise tunes. Thanks to the Sidewalk Doctor with help on a few of these. Reup!

Byron Lee & The Dragonaires - Goldfinger

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Wild Bunch

Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites - From Russia With Love

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Top Secret

Tommy McCook & The Skatalites - Goldfinger

Lester Sterling & The Skatalites - Air Raid Shelter

Bobby Aitken - Skaramouche

Carlos Malcolm - Skaramouche

Tommy McCook - Dr. No Go

Lyn Taitt & The Jets - I Spy

The Upsetters - Thunderball

The Soul Brothers - Thunderball

Bobby Aitken - Thunderball

The Skatalites - Ska La Parisienne

The Soul Brothers - James Bond Girl

Jackie Mittoo & The Soul Brothers - James Bond

Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites - James Bond

The Soul Brothers - 007

Lloyd Charmers - Dollars And Bonds

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Our Man Flint

Lloyd Young & Augustus Pablo - Our Man Flint

Harry J All Stars - Spyrone

Tommy McCook - Liquidator

Sound Dimension - Jamaica Underground

Ansel Collins - Secret Weapon

Lynn Taitt & The Jets - El Casino Royale

Sound Dimension - Poison Ivy

Junior Byles & The Upsetter - Informer Men

Byron Lee & The Dragonaires - Live And Let Die

Val Bennet - The Russians Are Coming

The Aggravators - Big Job

Linval Thompson - I Spy

The Revolutionaries - Secret Agent

Lady Ann - Informer

Mikey Dread - Industrial Spy

Tommy McCook & The Upsetters - Cloak and Dagger

Tommy McCook & The Upsetters - Cloak & Dagger (Horns Dub Plate Special)

To the Foundation w/ Undercover

A little set of old time styles that I have been listening to of late. Strictly Rockers!

The Skatalites - Exodus

Clancy Eccles - The Revenge

Hemsley Morris - Stay Loose

The Coolers - Witch Doctor

Jackie Mittoo - Summer Breeze

Lord Tanamo - Keep On Moving

Willie Williams - No One Can Stop Us

Tommy Mccook And The Supersonics - Real Cool

Jackie Mittoo - Henry The Great

Vin Gordon - Red Blood

Donna V and Sound Dimension - Pullover Version

The Gladiators - Bongo Red

Cornell Campbell - Boxing

Ronald Merrils - Danger In Your Eyes

Pat Kelly - Talk About Love

Errol Dunkley - Movie Star

Dennis Brown - Africa

Keith & Tex - Run To The Rocks

Johnny Osbourne & The Prophets - Keep That Light

The Gladiators - Hearsay

Dennis Brown - The Half

Delroy Wilson - Better Must Come

Ken Boothe - Chistopher Columbus

Willie Williams - Jahquarius

Don Carlos - I love Jah

Hugh Mundell - Jah Fire

Robert Lee - Too Much War

Crazy Mad Professor - Kill Bwoy Dub

Scientist - Earths Rightful Ruler

Revolutionaries - Counter Attack

Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - Roots Of Africa

King Tubby & Prince Jammy & Scientist - Iniquity Dub

King Tubby & Prince Jammy & Scientist - Echo Chamber

Studio One Discomixes w/ Undercover

I listened to this killer set of Studio One discomixes about 20 times over my holiday and never got sick of it. But as it's heavily leaning towards Jackie Mittoo's twinkling keys, I'n thinking who can get sick of that?

Jackie Mittoo - Sidewalk Doctor

The Silvertones - Young At Heart

Doreen Schaeffer - Try A Little Smile

The Heptones - Got To Fight On

Cornell Campbell - Conversation

Doreen Schaeffer - I Don't Know Why

Carlton Livingston - Jam It Up

Delroy Wilson - Won't You Come Home

Frankie Paul - Rub-A-Dub With Feelings

Brentford Disco Set - Rebel Disco

Jackie Mittoo & Brentford All Stars - In Cold Blood

Winston Francis, Jackie Mittoo & Brentford Rockers - Going To Zion

Dubsteppa w/ Undercover

Request! A strickly reggaedigidubstep serving right here, nothing too freaky, just how I like it! We start with classic versions of Yellowman's dancehall nugget Forward Operator, Aswad's monster UK hit Warrior Charge to current day Aotearoa (NZ) with Reality Chant and Dub Terminator combining forces with vocal talent from Natty King and the one and only Wellington's Ras Stone. Roommate, and Radikal Guru drop new albums, big tings! Not forgetting a bit of jungle we have RCola jamming his usual trix, speaking of, Ms Dynamite is full of magic, dropping massive tunes after a solo recording hiatus. Respect! Respect part 2!

Vibration Lab - Forward Operator (Tribute To Yellowman)

Dreadzone - Zion Youth (Single Mix)

Slimmah Sound And Lyrical Benji - Dub Soldier

Jinx In Dub - Warrior Charged 2000

Radikal Guru - Fire (feat. Brother Culture)

Guive & Lone Ranger - New Start (DubStep Rmx)

Roommate - Pon Mi Head (Feat Lutan Fyah - Dubsworth Remix)

Natty King vs Reality Chant - Fyah bed (Dub Terminator remix)

Dub Terminator - Bad Mind f/ Ras Stone

The Black Seeds - Slingshot (Truth Remix)

Solo Banton - One Of The Greatest

Dreadzone - Iron Shirt

Dread Squad - Strong & Free (instrumental)

Roommate - Quake Dub

Radikal Guru - Babylon Sky (feat. Cian Finn)

Vibration Lab - Smiling Dub (Dubstep Mix)

Roommate - Studio Skank

Dub Terminator - Let Me Know (feat. Senita Mogul)

Ms. Dynamite - Neva Soft (Radio Edit)

Zed Bias - Do It feat. Dynamite MC

Chase & Status f/ Cash Money - Hour Diet (Soul Force-Remix)

Shy FX f/ Yasmin and Ms Dynamite - Light Up The World

Jamie Irie and House of Riddim - Words Can Be So Simple (RCola remix)

Dreadzone - Ali Baba

Kafra - Stalag 13 (Remix)

SoulForce f/ Skarra Mucci - LPB (Dexter Dub Remix)

Kafra - Let Me Know

Jamie Irie and House of Riddim - Sweet Sensi (RCola remix)

David Rodigan's Dubwise Shower

1. Keith Hudson Feat. Augustus Pablo - Pick A Dub 2:42
2. King Tubby - In Fine Style 3:16
3. Sly & Robbie - Joy Ride Dub Taxi 3:41
4. Alborosie - Dubbing Kingston 2:59
5. King Tubby Feat. Barry Brown - King Of Zion Dub 4:09
6. King Tubby - Mercy Horns 3:24
7. Sly & Robbie - Poker Face Dub 4:46
8. Augustus Pablo - Frozen Dub 2:53
9. King Tubby Feat. Johnny Clarke - Babylon Yard Dub 2:36
10. Errol T & The Matador - Spider Man Dub 3:38
11. Da Grynch - Joker Smoker Dub 3:51
12. King Tubby Feat. John Holt & Dillinger - West Dub 2:23
13. Alborosie - Tribute To The King 3:22
14. Sylvan Morris & Andy's All Stars - Walk Right In 3:08
15. King Tubby Feat. Johnny Clarke - Roots Natty Congo Dub 3:41
16. Errol T and The Matador - Third Dub 3:20
17. Sly & Robbie - Demolition City Dub 5:38
18. Da Grynch - Pass Da Kouchie Instrumental 3:51
19. King Tubby Feat. Cornell Campbell - Gorgon Dub 2:24
20. King Tubby Feat. Johnny Clarke - Running Over 2:34

Dubstepper w/ Undercover

Due to popular demand we have some more digital, dubstep, jungle, downbeat cuts all on a reggae tip! We start with some blistering digital beats from the Riddim Tuffa, Jahtari, and Livity camps with Pupjim featuring heavily as he has been releasing so much dope digital dub beats of late. We then drop the smashing ShyFx tune Raver - one of my fav's at the moment followed by a dope steppers remix of Roots Manuva and the new stuff from Trojan Sound System. Roomate drops another dope riddim - Ras Vibes - in very much the same vibe as his last riddim - Mercy. I'm loving the Brookes Brothers sampling Johnny O, before Max Romeo and Little John get reworkings. Jstar gets a few dope tunes in there, Blessing off the dope Dub Zealand compilation he released a few months back and One Life Dub, a Yabby U-esq instrumental that has a few vocal mashups floating around cyber-space. We get spacey to finish it off with Black Chow, Andreya Triana, J:Kenzo and Burial rounding it out. Enjoy.

Riddim Tuffa f/ Little Kirk - Kill Them Out

Soom T - Pull It Up

Pupajim - Double Lock

High Tone f/ Pupajim - Rub a Dub Anthem

Disrupt - Events Occur In Realtime

Shy FX f/ Donae'o - Raver (Shy's Guinness Punch Mix)

Shy FX f/ Kano, Donae'o & Roses Gabor - Raver (Breakage's Pattern Moschino Mix)

Trojan Sound System vs Toddla T - My God

Roots Manuva - Witness (Slugabed Remix)

Busy Signal f/ Mavado - Badman Place (Coki-Digital Mystikz Remix)

Roommate f/ Ras Zacharri - Gather Your Strength

Brookes Brothers f/ Johnny Osbourne - In Your Eyes

Jstar - One Life Dub

Prodigy vs Max Romeo - Out Of Space (Bass Tandem Remix)

Kalbata & Mixmonster f/ Little John - Sugar Plum Plum

Jstar & Dr Cat - Blessing

The Black Seeds - Slingshot (Truth Remix)

Pupajim - DNA

Black Chow f/ Pupajim - Signs

Andreya Triana - A Town Called Obsolete (Mala Remix)

J:Kenzo - Conqueror (Dj Heny G's Soul remix)

Burial - Street Halo

Yard Party w/ Undercover

They keep coming, a party vibe full of fresh tunes. Starting on the roots tip we have a couple of new roots riddims with a nice combination from Collie Buddz and Sean Paul, a solid Fuss & Fight relick with Alborosie taking vocal honours on that riddim and Toots-esqe riddim called Ska which has a few really solid vocals inna party vibe. RCola drops some bouncy as jungle nuggets, Ticklah records what must be one of Sugar's last vocals before he passed and some dubwise vibes from Grant Phabao off his Hard 2 Find cd series. It gets dubsteppy around here, JStar has a stunner from his Dub Zealand compilation and Nas and Damian's Patience gets the treatment. Onto some hip hop vibes and Trojan Sound System drop their first release, kiwi produced Hi Kee, and digital licks from Riddim Tuffa. We bang it into full gear here dropping a slew of fresh bashment and dancehall riddims to round off till close... Booyea!

Collie Buddz & Sean Paul - On My Way Back Home (Lyfe Turn Rhythm)

Nas & Damien Marley - Land of Promise (Ft Dennis Brown)

Alborosie - World's Inna Trouble (Fuss & Fight Riddim)

Soulforce & Skarra Mucci - Gimmi Di Luv (Tonight Riddim)

Jigsy King & Tony Curtis - Ping (Skank Rhythm)

RCola f/ Jimmy Riley - A1 Sound

Bounty Killer & Lukie D - Kill Another Sound

Sugar Minott & Ticklah - Praise His Name

Grant Phabao f/ Carlton Livingston & The Lone Ranger - Imitation Sound

Jstar & Dr Cat - Blessing

Damian Marley and Nas - Patience (niceFingers Remix)

Trojan Sound System f/ Toddla T - My God

Hi Kee f/ Luciano & Brigadier Jerry) - Babylon Your System Collapse (Fire I Blaze Riddim)

Roommate f/ Ras Zacharri - Jah Rule (Mercy Riddim)

Dreadsquad & Tenor Fly - Sweet Thing (Riddim Tuffa digital rmx)

Riddim Tuffa f/ Buju Banton - Champion remix

Cocoa Tea - Too Young

Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow (SoulForce RMX)

Buju Banton - Rotate (Orlando Mahgix Riddim)

Capelton - City Lock (Jah Glory Riddim)

Mavado - Swing On (Timeline Riddim)

Demarco - Wake Up Di Scheme (Dutty Gamez Riddim)

Rootical w/ Undercover

While I'm on the vintage reggae tip, I have compiled an (unmixed as always) selection of 70's roots.

Apologies, looks like I uploaded the wrong link for this previously, it has been fixed now. Enjoy.

African Brothers - Party Night

Johnny Osbourne & The Prophets - Keep That Light

Freddie McGregor - Home Ward Bound

Cornell Campbell - Didn't I

The Burning Spears - Rocking Time

The Gladiators - Roots Natty Roots

Voice Roys - Ya Ho

Field Marshall Haye - Roots & Herb Style

The Abyssinians - Declaration Of Rights

Flames & Brentford Rockers - Amagideon

Liberation Group - Namibia

Brentford Disco Set - Jah Light (Ver.)

Glen Brown - No More Slavery

Wailing Souls - Back Out

Dennis Brown - Musical Heatwave

Gregory Isaacs - Oh What A Feeling

Johnny Clarke - Move Outa Babylon

The Chantells - Natty Supper

Horace Andy - Angel

Lloyd Parks - Mafia

Snuffy & Wallie - Dreader Mafia

Jimmy Riley - From The Ghetto

Dennis Brown - I Am The Conqueror

Soul Tops - Warning Sound

Johnny Osbourne - Give A Little Love

Yabby U - Deliver Me From My Enemies

Dennis Brown - Concentration (Ver.3)

Al Campbell - Take A Ride

Errol Dunkley - Repatriation

Sylford Walker - Burn Babylon

Rod Taylor, Mikey Dread & King Tubby - Behold Him

Barry Brown - Give Another Isreal A Try

Johnny Osbourne - Love Is Universal

The Itals f/ Vin Gordon - In A Dis Ya Time

Revolutionaries - Counter Attack

Meditations - Life Is Not Easy

Patrick Andy - Don't go (version)

African Youth - Forward Down A Channel One

Linval Thompson - Jah Jah Dreader Than Dread

Req: Forgot To Be Your Lover

This one is going out to Kelo. Found the tune for you and realised it was a version of one of my favourite William Bell soul nuggets. Found a few more versions as I was looking including that dope Jaheim jam! Milky.

William Bell - Forgot To Be Your Lover

The Mad Lads - Forgot To Be Your Lover

Dennis Brown - Forgot To Be Your Lover

Wayne Wade - Forgot To Be Your Lover

Mical Rustle - Forgot To Be Your Lover

Jaheim - Put That Woman First

And thanks to the help of a reader I have some more!

Shenley Duffus - To Be A lover

Jacob Miller - Have Some Mercy

George Faith and Lee Perry - To Be A Lover (Have Some Mercy)

Chur

Dubstepper w/ Undercover

Been listening to a fair bit of reggae inspired dubstep of late, there are some killer crews out there producing some top-notch remixes and original material. Check it yo!

Don Carlos - Favourite Cup (Juju & DJG remix)

Vibration Lab - Waste My Time (Real dub)

Marchmellow - Supa Kat Dub

Henry & Louis f/ Pacey - Everyman Different (Mungo's Hi Fi Remix)

Marchmellow f/ Cocoa Tea - Go Home Soundboy

Kion & Murda f/ Errol Dunkley - Dub Cinderella

Dreadsquad - Caravan (Radikal Guru dubstep remix)

Dreadzone - Yeah Man (Warrior One mix)

Blasta & Solo Banton - Burn Babylon Coke

Scientist vs RSD f/ Prince Jamo - After All Dub

Soom T & Disrupt - Puff That Weed

Roommate f/ Ras Zacharri - Jah Rule

Anthony B & Subatomic Sound System - Dem Can't Stop We From Talk

Dub Terminator - Now is the future

Dubkasm - More Jah Songs (RSD Remix)

Dubmatix f/ U Brown - Whatchya Gonna Do?

Tayo and Acid Rockers f/ Pupa Jim - Vampayaa (Marcus Visionary Remix)

Jacky Murda f/ Top Cat - Drunken Master (Tes La Rok Remix)

Kidnappa f/ Buju Banton - Champion Dub

Dubkasm - Foundational Dub (Headhunter Remix)

Scientist Launches Dubstep Into Outer Space (2010)

Quickly.

Scientist Dubs

Rub-a-Dub Session w/ Undercover

Chubby, bubbly, rub a dub, however you wanna describe it, late 70's/early 80's dancehall was all killer. Check out Prince Fatty in this set with a few off his new album in amongst the old school. Boom!

Anthony Johnson - Strictly Rub A Dub

Triston Palmer - Rubadub Session

The Wailing Souls - Waterhouse Rock

Johnny Osbourne - Ice Cream Love

Tenor Saw - Run Come Dub Me

Johnny and Sound Dimension - Rub A Dub Party

Ticklah - Queen Dub (Featuring Rob Symeonn)

Bobby Kalphat - Something Special

Burning Spear - Columbus

Prince Fatty - Christopher Columbus (feat. Little Roy)

Sugar Minott - Bubbling

Cocoa Tea - Lost My Sonia

Gregory Isaacs - New Lover

Barrington Levy - Prison Oval Rock

Tenor Saw - Lots of Sign

Frankie Paul - Worries In The Dance

Dennis Brown - Rub A Dub Style

Barrington Levy - Black Roses

Wailing Souls - Back Out

Little John - What A Bubbling

Cornell Campbell - Mash You Down

Johnny Osbourne - Love Is Universal

Barry Brown - Give Another Isreal A Try

Yabby U - Deliver Me From My Enemies

Ticklah - Queen Dub (Featuring Rob Symeonn)

John Legend & The Roots - Humanity (Love The Way It Should Be)

Prince Fatty - Still I Wanna Love You (feat. Little Roy & Alcapone)

Sugar Minott & Hollowpoint - Rub a Dub Style

Chuck Turner - We Rule the Dance

Carl Meeks - Bad Boys

Tenor Saw - Golden Hen

Cocoa Tea - Too Young

John Legend - Can't Be My Lover

Bitty McLean f/ Johnny Osbourne - Jahovia

Prince Fatty - That Very Night In Dub (feat. Hollie Cook & Alcapone)

Jeremy Taylor - Reggae Interpretation Of Kind Of Blue (2009)

Check this little gem out! Respect to the OG uploader, been looking for this fo' ages!

"In the spring of 1981 a group of reggae studio musicians from Jamaica gathered in New York City under the direction of Jeremy Taylor, a music professor at NYU at that time. The result was this Reggae Interpretation of the Miles Davis classic Kind of Blue. Though he was primarily regarded as a world-class Jazz musician and educator, Taylor had taken several trips to Jamaica to study reggae music with some of the best performers in the world."

So What

Freddie Freeloader

Blue In Green

All Blues

Flamenco Sketches

So What (Dub)

Freddie Freeloader (Dub)

Blue in Green (Dub)

All Blues (Dub)

Flamenco Sketches (Dub)

Updated LInk 2014

On-U Sound Discoplates 1,2,3,4 & 6

I just love this cover artwork! Found this dopeness at the eclectic blog Ramdogs's Rough Site.

1 Prince Far-I/Singers adn Players - Virgin


2 Singers and Players - Danger


3 Bim Serman/Singers and Players - Revolution


4 Bim Sherman/Singers and Players - Too much work load


5 Creation Rebel - Independant man


6 Creation Rebel - Creation Rebel


7 London Underground - Strange things

8 London Underground - Conspiracy


9 Noah House of Dread - Murder


10 Noah House of Dread - Murder pt. 2


11 Noah House of Dread - Stand firm

Jah.

Slimmah Sound Presents: Roots Tribe Showcase - Love Jah More (2010)

01 - Jah Melodie - Love jah more 

02 - Jah Melodie - Love jah dub 

03 - Dan I - Crisis

04 - Dan I - Dub crisis 

05 - Joakim - Rootsman melody 

06 - Joakim - Rootsman dub

07 - Kyle Sicarius - Jah is my light 

08 - Kyle Sicarius - Enlighted dub

09 - Zed I - Jah made the herb

10 - Zed I - Dub the herbs

11 - Lyrical Benjie - Girl dont trust the world (extended version)

Irie/

Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno - Dog With a Rope (2010)

Quantic is BACK! After a little bit of hiatus in albums (for him) Will Holland is back with another latin/dub/funk/reggae inspired masterpiece. So many dope tunes on this and like the 'Flowering Inferno' album that proceeds this it features a wicked version of one of my favourite reggae cuts 'Swing Easy'.

1. Dog With A Rope

2. Dub Y Guaguanco

3. Swing Easy

4. Echate Pa'lla (Version)

5. Portada Del Mar

6. Cumbia Sobre El Mar

7. Te PicoΜo El YaibiΜo (Version)

8. No Soy Del Valle

9. Echate Pa'lla

10. Te PicoΜo El YaibiΜo

Check It out over at afrofunkybrassjazz.blogspot

Studio One Dancehall w/Undercover

Some peeps may remember the huge Studio One Vault that was (once upon a time) downloadable on the net a year or so ago. Well I managed to grab it - all 40 or so downloads of em! So here we have an early dancehall set that I compiled, my favourites among many being The Silvertones - Smile, Earl Sixteen - Mash Up The Dance, Frankie Paul - Programme and Johnny Osbourne's Murderer. As many b-side versions as possible are included cos you definately wanna let it dub out Coxsone Style. I can listen to this set over and over again. Please Enjoy.

1. Lone Ranger - Now The Gate Fly

2. The Silvertones - Smile

3. The Silvertones - Smile Dub

4. Delroy Wilson - I Don't Know Why

5. Slim Smith - Never Let Go

6. Slim & The Soul Vendors - Never Let Go (Version)

7. Freddie Mcgregor - Bobby Babylon

8. Dub Specialist - Hi Fashion Dub

9. Sound Dimension - Real Rock

10. Sound Dimension - Real Dub

11. Michigan & Smiley - Rub a Dub Style

12. Earl Sixteen - No Mash Up The Dance

13. Earl Sixteen & Sound Dimension - No Mash Up The Version

14. Frankie Paul - Programme

15. Frankie & Sound Dimension - Programme Version

16. Marcia Griffiths - Feel Like Jumping

17. Marcia Griffiths - Feel Like Jumping Pt.2

18. Michigan & Smiley - Compliments To Studio One

19. Rapper Robert & Jim Brown - Pirates

20. Rapper, Jim & Sound Dimension - Pirates Version

21. Hugh Griffiths - Tease Me

22. Hugh Griffiths & The Soul Vendors - Tease Me Version

23. Dennis Alcapone - Joe Frazier Round 2

24. Don Drummond Junior - Joe Frazier

25. Lone Ranger - Love Bump

26. Brentford Rockers - Love Bump Version

27. Johnny Osbourne - Murderer

28. Johnny & The Skatalites - Murderer Version

29. Devon Russell - Thanks And Praise

30. Brentford Rockers - Thanks And Praise Pt.2

31. Jim Brown & Devon Russell - Ragga Muffin

32. Jim & Sound Dimension - Ragga Ragga

33. Johnny Osbourne - Lend Me The Sixteen